Editing 1695 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 12]] – The [[Siege of Namur (1695)|Siege of Namur]] begins in the [[Spanish Netherlands]] (now [[Belgium]]).<ref name="Cassell's Chronology287"/>
* [[July 15]] – The [[Azov campaigns (1695–96)|siege of the Ottoman fortress at Azaq by the Russian Army]] begins, but is unsuccessful and is discontinued after October 2 (September 22 O.S.).<ref>"Peter I", by Robert Nisbet Bain, in ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'', Eleventh Edition, Volumbe XXI (Cambridge University Press, 1911) p. 289</ref><ref name=BlackSea/>
* [[July 17]] – The [[Bank of Scotland]] is founded.
* [[August 8]] – The [[Wren Building]] is started in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]] (completed in [[1700]]).
* [[August 10]] – A [[Action of 10 August 1695|naval skirmish]] occurs between English and Swedish ships in the Strait of Dover<ref>{{Cite web |title=256 (Svenska folket genom tiderna / 5. Den karolinska tiden) |url=https://runeberg.org/svfolket/5/0290.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=runeberg.org |language=sv}}</ref>
* [[August 13]]–[[August 15|15]] – [[Nine Years' War]]: [[Bombardment of Brussels (1695)|Brussels is bombarded]] by [[Kingdom of France|French]] troops.
* [[September 1]] – [[Nine Years' War]]: [[Kingdom of France|France]] surrenders [[Namur]], [[Spanish Netherlands]] to forces of the [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|Grand Alliance]], led by King [[William III of England]], Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, following the 2-month [[Siege of Namur (1695)|Siege of Namur]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology287">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/287|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/287 287]}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] – [[English people|English]] [[pirate]] [[Henry Every]] perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history, with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship ''[[Ganj-i-Sawai]]''. In response, Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] threatens to put an end to all English trading in India.
* [[September 24]] – All but eight of the remaining 305 crew of the [[Royal Navy]] ship {{HMS|Winchester|1693}} are killed when the ship founders in the [[Florida Keys]]. According to the ship's logbook, an epidemic of [[yellow fever]] began on August 1 and had killed 45 people before the hurricane struck, and left all but seven crew members too ill to walk.<ref>Love Dean, ''Lighthouses of the Florida Keys'' (Pineapple Press, 1998) p. 131</ref><ref>J. J. Colledge and Ben Warlow, ''Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present'' (Seaforth, 2021) p. 482</ref>